A new 3D virtual reality sensor will arrive at least on the iPhone model this year

For days we have seen rumors of flight time sensor feeding three-dimensional data to future iPhone cameras …. Thanks to this sensor consciousness with a three-dimensional appearance and we will see new applications in the field of unpleasant reality.

Yesterday, the Company's immediate report added new information to the information. These details strongly corroborate the reports of Ming-Chi Kuo and Mark Gurman. Apple will obviously have this company Lumentum to create VCSEL 3D sensor "at least one iPhone model this year".

Sensors and technologies for real-time virtual reality downloads

Before proceeding, let's clarify a few concepts: time flight sensor and VCSEL. Flight time sensor is a tool that can measure the distance between two points from a distance a time that needs a bit of light to go

. In other words, the emitter, more often than the laser, emits a very small amount of light, goes out and returns to the emitter at the exact time. Calculating those microseconds and dividing them into two (circular journeys) and paying attention to the speed of light we get the distance.

As for VCSEL, which is short for a straight Vertical-cavity laser, we can understand it as a laser device with a vertical hole through which the beam exit is made above the ground. This is Senders in pairs and receivers to build a flight time sensor. Thanks for it, our future iPhone will be able to know exactly the distances you are going to from different things and things around you.

Where is it located? We continue. VCSELs are already an integral part of the iPhone's front camera from the iPhone X, because they allow facial ID functionality. However the system is very different. In TrueDepth's camera, which is responsible for face ID, a pattern of 30,000 points is then selected to measure distances based on distortion of this pattern when pointing to a 3D object. Instead, it is a flight time sensor, because it uses a flash of light, otherwise a distance of a few meters, with great accuracy.

Installation of this type of sensor can lead to a major step towards improving Augmented Reality's true experience, and will set Hardware par with the software we already have. As published by Fast Company, this is a new technology they were only coming to Pro models for the iPhone 12, of course to keep prices low on models that will replace the current iPhone 11.

Based on the information we have, and Tim Cook's ongoing statements that support the reality of the bias, the question seems to be more about when it will come than what will happen. However, keep in mind that it is currently information without official confirmation.

Source | Fast Company